I have been a little absent from posting over the last week, it is not without reason. My wife just gave birth (last week) to our fourth child, so I have been taking time off to be with the family and get to know our new baby daughter (I know, I know, why am I posting at all, right?). This time off has given me time to reflect, and has given me time to put things in perspective.

It is great when you have an experience, whether it be personal or professional, that affords you the opportunity to just focus on that experience, allowing you to disregard all that does not directly affect that experience. When you are in that moment, it really does put things into perspective. It makes you realize what is truly important and what else can simply just wait.

In business, you have these experiences more times than you may realize, it just may be that you do not appreciate it or you do not recognize it. When you do recognize it and appreciate it, you are truly able to capitalize on the experience and make the most of it. Whether it is a product launch that has a million moving parts or it is fund raising activity, whatever the situation is, by putting everything in to perspective, it provides you the advantage of focusing on what truly matters, what is going to get you to your end goal. All the rest is just clutter, and can be put to the side. So when it seems like you are never going to reach your goal, try putting everything into perspective and double down and get the job done. Live in the moment and enjoy the experience, once it is over, you cannot get it back.